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Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology. Nanomedicine ranges from the medical applications of nanomaterials, to nanoelectronic biosensors, and even possible future applications of molecular nanotechnology. Current problems for nanomedicine involve understanding the issues related to toxicity and environmental impact of nanoscale materials. More information on Nanomedicine can be found here.

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  1. BME 695L Lecture 11: Assessing Nanotoxicity at the Single Cell Level

    27 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    See references below for related reading.11.1      Need for single cell measures of nanotoxicity11.1.1    There is more than one way for a cell to die...11.1.2    "Necrosis" vs. "Apoptosis"11.1.3    There...

  2. BME 695L Lecture 10: Nanodelivery of Therapeutic Genes and Molecular Biosensor Feedback Control Systems

    26 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    See references below for related reading.10.1      Introduction and overview10.1.1    Some of the advantages of therapeutic genes10.1.2    Some of the advantages of molecular biosensor feedback control...

  3. Illinois BIOE 498 BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology

    26 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir, Taher A. Saif, Ann M Nardulli, Catherine J. Murphy

    BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology will provide an introduction to basic concepts of nanotechnology in mechanobiology and in cancer. This is a highly interdisciplinary field of research where knowledge from various disciplines will be presented and...

  4. Illinois BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology Lecture 2: Micro and Nanofabrication

    26 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir

  5. Illinois BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology Lecture 3: 3-D Biofabrication

    26 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir

  6. Illinois BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology Lecture 4: Lab on Chip - Mechanical

    26 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir

  7. Illinois BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology Lecture 1: BioMEMS and Microfluidics

    24 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir

  8. BME 695L Lecture 9: Challenges of Proper Drug Dosing with Nanodelivery Systems

    19 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    See references below for related reading.9.1      Overview of drug dosing problem9.1.1    Problems of scaling up doses from animal systems9.1.2    Basing dosing on size, area, weight of...

  9. BME 695L Lecture 8: Surface Chemistry: attaching nanomedical structures to the core

    12 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    See references below for related reading.8.1      Introduction8.1.1    attachment strategies typically depend on core composition8.1.2    but the attachment strategy should not drive the core...

  10. BME 695L Lecture 6: Normal & Facilitated Cell Entry Mechanisms

    04 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    See references below for related reading.6.1      Introduction6.1.1    the general problem of cell entry6.1.2    choosing modes of cell entry6.1.3    how does Nature do it?...

  11. BME 695L Lecture 7: Assessing Zeta Potentials

    03 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    See references below for related reading.7.1      Introduction – the importance of the zeta potential7.1.1    nanoparticle-nanoparticle interactions7.1.2    nanoparticle-cell interactions7.1.3     part of...

  12. BME 695L Lecture 5: Nanomaterials for Core Design

    03 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    See references below for related reading.5.1      Introduction5.1.1    core building blocks5.1.2    functional cores5.1.3    functionalizing the core surface5.2      Ferric...

  13. BME 695L Lecture 4: Cell Targeting and its Evaluation

    03 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    See references below for related reading.4.1      Overview: targeting nanosystems to cells4.1.1    antibody targeting4.1.2    peptide targeting4.1.3    aptamer...

  14. BME 695L Lecture 3: Theranostics and Molecular Imaging

    07 Sep 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    See references below for related reading.3.1      Nanomedical systems – levels of challenges3.1.1    Diagnosis - difficult3.1.2    Therapy – more difficult3.1.3    Both ("Theragnosis") – most...

  15. BME 695L Lecture 1: Need for New Perspectives on Medicine

    31 Aug 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    See references below for related reading.1.1      Nanotechnology – Why is something so small so big?1.1.1    Definitions of nanotechnology based on size1.1.2    A “bottoms up” rather than “tops down”...

  16. BME 695L Lecture 2: Designing Nanomedical Systems

    31 Aug 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    See references below for related reading.2.1       Elements of good engineering design2.1.1    Whenever possible, use a general design that has already been tested2.1.2    Whenever possible, take advantage of “biomimicry” –...

  17. BME 695L: Engineering Nanomedical Systems

    31 Aug 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Leary

    This course will cover the basic concepts of design of integrated nanomedical systems for diagnostics and therapeutics. Topics to be covered include: why nanomedical approaches are needed, cell targeting strategies, choice of core nanomaterials, technologies for testing composition and structure...

  18. Jianjun Cheng

    Professor, Department of Materials Science and EngineeringProfessor Jianjun Cheng obtained a B.S. degree in chemistry from Nankai University, Tianjin,People’s Republic of China, in 1993, and a M.S....

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  19. Fatih Uckun

    Professor of Research, Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern CaliforniaFatih M. Uckun, M.D., Ph.D, is a Senior Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation...

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  20. Austin Fergusson

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